Public Eye

John B. Scalzi '38 got more publicity than he bargained for when Amazon.com confused him with John M. Scalzi II (no relation), editor of Rough Guide to Money Online, which doubtless got more hits than Scalzi's works on bridge construction. John B. Scalzi, who goes by "Jack," also wrote Double Talk, a self-published quiz book of more than 1,100 colloquial American expressions...
Fred Costello '59 appeared on the WCVB news program Chronicle, in a segment called "Zoomers," which celebrated the new superactive retirement generation...
Aram Mooradian '59, founder of Novalux, was profiled in a recent Wired article called "Beam On: Want your own private fiber node? Has Novalux got an extended-cavity surface-emitting laser for you!"...
Variety spotlighted Nancy Pimental '87 in a column called "10 Comics to Watch." Nancy made a name for herself as a writer on "South Park" and as co-host of "Win Ben Stein's Money" on the Comedy Central cable network. She also has a movie in the works. The Sweetest Thing (her screenplay), a romantic comedy staring Cameron Diaz, is due from Sony in March...
John Lombardi '90 won his second R&D 100 Award from R&D magazine for Aquacore, a water-soluble, lightweight and environmentally friendly mandrel material designed for use in the manufacture of high-end composites. His 2000 R&D Award (featured in the Spring 2000 WPI Journal) was for Aqua-Port, a polymer blend used in rapid prototyping...
Nick Walker '95 had a hand in animating Shrek, PDI-Dreamworks' summer 2001 box office hit. He's working on an IMAX version of the movie...
His novel job title, "First Geek," earned Jason Wilson '01 newspaper coverage in the (Worcester) Telegram & Gazette and a TV interview with New England Cable News anchor R.D. Stahl on "New England This Evening." Wilson provides IT support to the Brookline, Mass., MATCH School. He is funded by Geeks for America, a Cambridge-based philanthropic organization.

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